. >> pro esters interrupted the hearing several times much the head of the committee, dianne feinstein had capitol police clear the room of all spectators. that hearing later resumed with only senate staff members and reporters there. >>> today comedian stephen colbert will speak to democrats in leesburg, virginia. the talk show host will address the conference. he was invited to the retreat saying quote, we assume this is his attempt at bipartisanship. >> he sort of feigns republican. i think if he ran for office, he probably could win something. >> i think he really could. he cree acted that pac and got a lot of money. >> we'll see. coming up on 4:20 on our friday morning. want to check in with tom kierein to see what's falling. >> we have these two storms converging. they're coming together. one in the upper midwest, the other one over us. they're going to converge and create a big blizzard for southern new england. for us, right now the storm is producing rain. all the air crass in green and yellow and orange, southern maryland, part of the lower eastern shore getting rain. heavier